The Other Side of Somewhere

Illustration Friday (Forgotten)

Illustration Friday.

Artist Trading Card (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") on recycled cereal box.  Collage, acrylic glaze, colored pencil, tape, found text, photos from my personal collection.

My daily ATC project.

Illustration Friday (Seed)

Scatter Seed, Harvest Dreams
6" x 9" mixed media collage on watercolor paper
Various papers, vintage ephemera, original illustrations, pencil, paint, stamps, colored pencil, found text (the text reads: "She began scattering seed").

Limited Edition reproduction prints of this design available at Boodzoo Studio.

Previous Illustration Friday work: Wrinkles, Primitive, Homage,  Garden, Leap, Theory, Tales and Legends, Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective

I'm off to Art & Soul!  Catch you on the flip side!

Illustration Friday (Wrinkles)

Auspicious One
5" x 7" mixed media on pre-stretched canvas
joss paper, image from my own collection, acrylic paints and glazes, tissue paper, matte medium, Neo Color II watercolor crayons

Wrinkles in this case refers to the technique used on this piece.  One of my favorite ways to start a canvas is to apply layers of tissue paper with matte medium.  This provides an almost-instant textured, crinkly, wrinkled background. 

Previous Illustration Friday work: Primitive, Homage,  Garden, Leap, Theory, Tales and Legends, Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective

Illustration Friday (Primitive)

"Olive Garden"
9" x 12" Mixed Media Painting on cold press watercolor paper
Acrylic paint and glazes, watercolor paint, Caran d'ache Neo-Color II crayons, pencil, colored pencil, spritzes of bleach

Previous Illustration Friday work: Homage,  Garden, Leap, Theory, Tales and Legends, Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective

Illustration Friday (Homage)

This is my homage to Sabrina Ward Harrison.  Not necessarily her artistic style (which would be hard to duplicate) but her spirit of expression and her willingness to put the good, bad, and imperfect bits out there and be vulnerable.   In a year in which I am living authentically I can think of no other artist who inspires me more.

I did try to capture a bit of her signature artistic elements (the loopy lettering, a hand drawn face) but copying isn't a good way of paying homage to an artist.  I hope I've done a not-too-cringe-inducing interpretation. 

I've shared this quote before, but it fits so beautifully today:

"I learn and re-learn that silence doesn't protect me. An unexpressed life is very painful to myself and those I love."  (Sabrina Ward Harrison)

Original drawing, pen and ink, fluid acrylic paint, pencil, colored pencil, acrylic glaze. 8" x 10" on hot press watercolor paper.

Previous Illustration Friday work:  Garden, Leap, Theory, Tales and Legends, Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective

Illustration Friday (Garden)

Gocco print from my original illustration using apple green pastel ink on 5" x 7" 140 lb. warm white watercolor paper.

Thanks to the gray rainy weather we are having today it was near impossible to get a good photograph of this print.  I took photos from many different angles, in different rooms in my house, using the tripod and not, fiddling with all the settings, ditching the camera and scanning ... after all of that, I just couldn't get a shot that does justice to how pretty (ahem, if I do say so myself) this run of prints turned out.

Previous Illustration Friday work:  Leap, Theory, Tales and Legends, Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective

Illustration Friday (Leap)

Artist Trading Card (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") on recycled cereal box.  Vintage notebook paper, gesso, colored pencil, acrylic glaze, oil pastel, ink pen, found text, image on transparency.  Original collage altered digitally for color intensity.

This is also #93 in my year-long daily art project.

Previous Illustration Friday themes: Tales and Legends, Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective

Illustration Friday (Theory)

ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") on 140 lb. hot press watercolor paper.  Vintage ledger paper, patterned paper, copy of a vintage photo from my own collection, found poetry, acrylic glaze and - the piece de resistance! - beeswax! Oh how I love thee, beeswax!

This is #81 in my year-long daily art project and is available through my etsy shop Boodzoo Studio in support of a cause close to my heart.

Previous Illustration Friday offerings: Choose, Tales and Legends, Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective.

Illustration Friday (Choose)

Illustration Friday (Choose)

Approximately 5" x 7" on watercolor paper.  Collage, watered down acrylic glaze, gesso, Neo-Color II watercolor crayons, pen, pencil, and graphic design rub-on sticker.

Ice Cream or Cupcake?  Which do YOU choose?

Previous Illustration Friday offerings: Tales and Legends, Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective.

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Following are ACEO #'s 71 and 72; both are part of my daily year-long art project and are available at Boodzoo Studio for my Share the Love promotion to benefit the USO's Operation Phone Home® program.

 

Happy Friday!

Illustration Friday (Tales and Legends)

Illustration Friday (Tales and Legends)

Artist Trading Card (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") collage, glaze, colored pencil, and pencil, on recycled cereal box. 

So many possibilities for this theme, alas executing some of them requires drawing skills I so frustratingly lack.  I may be stretching the theme a bit as I'm not sure if The Wizard of Oz qualifies as a fairy tale.  In any case, these are Dorothy's famous shoes, updated to include a modern heel.

Like last week, this week's artwork also counts towards my year long art project, Operation Marking Time (this is #58 if you're following along).

Previous Illustration Friday offerings: Plain, Stitch, 100%, Soar, 2006 Retrospective.